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In silica tetrahedral unit, the silicon structure is enclosed by __________

(a) Oxygen

(b) Hydroxyls

(c) Aluminum

(d) None of the mentioned

This question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

My query is from Clay Minerals in portion Soil Structure and Clay Minerology of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right choice is (a) Oxygen

The best I can explain: In silica tetrahedral unit, four oxygen or hydroxyls have the configuration of tetra hadron.

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